The Opacity and the Proximity of the Great Outdoors

A Précis of “Indexicalism: Realism and the Metaphysics of Paradox”

Authors

  • Hilan Nissior Bensusan University of Brasilia

Keywords:

Indexicalism, Post-metaphysics, Heiddeger, Levinas, Kripke

Abstract

This is a précis of Hilan Bensusan's  Indexicalism: Realism and the Metaphysics of Paradox, published by Edinburgh University Press in 2021, by the author.

Author Biography

Hilan Nissior Bensusan, University of Brasilia

Department of Philosophy

Lecturer / Professor

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Published

14-12-2021

How to Cite

Bensusan, H. N. (2021). The Opacity and the Proximity of the Great Outdoors: A Précis of “Indexicalism: Realism and the Metaphysics of Paradox”. Cosmos and History: The Journal of Natural and Social Philosophy, 17(2), 3–10. Retrieved from https://cosmosandhistory.org/index.php/journal/article/view/986

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Vol. 17 No. 2 (2021): Indexicalism

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Conference Proceedings

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